Top 50 Car Accident Verdicts in the United States in 2017
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| 1 | |
| Amount: | $154,369,200.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joshua J. Wagner, Steven T. Vasilaros of Vasilaros Wagner |
| Case: | Klix v. American Taxi Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 2 | |
| Amount: | $131,000,375.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas C. Rowley, John A. Kawai of Carpenter, Zuckerman & Rowley, LLP; Terence F. Traverso of The Law Offices of Terence F. Traverso |
| Case: | Blaylock v. SBR Holdings LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Washington |
| 3 | |
| Amount: | $97,796,617.00 |
| Attorneys: | Joe C. Savage of The Joe C. Savage Law Firm; Cory M. Erdmann of Erdmann & Stumbo, PLLC |
| Case: | Espino v. McCargo, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Kentucky |
| 4 | |
| Amount: | $71,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Ben B. Rubinowitz, James Rubinowitz, Rachel Jacobs of Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf |
| Case: | Wang v. Sexton |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 5 | |
| Amount: | $59,253,846.00 |
| Attorneys: | Russell P. Reiner, Todd E. Slaughter, April K. Stratte of Reiner Slaughter McCartney & Frankel LLP; William R. Bragg, Zachary E. Zwerdling of Bragg, Mainzer, & Firpo LLP; Larry B. Moss of Law Office of Larry B. Moss |
| Case: | Moore v. State of California Department of Transportation |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Work Accident, Workplace Safety, Brain Injury |
| State: | California |
| 6 | |
| Amount: | $54,155,900.00 |
| Attorneys: | James M. Roche, Christopher T. Theisen of Theisen & Roche, Ltd.; Robert J. Napleton of Motherway & Napleton LLP |
| Case: | Denton v. University Am-Can, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring |
| State: | Illinois |
| 7 | |
| Amount: | $51,813,592.72 |
| Attorneys: | John H. Piccin, Katherine Piccin Glynn of Piccin & Glynn; Patrick Montoya, Ervin A. Gonzalez of Colson Hicks Eidson |
| Case: | Aldana, et al. v. Pyles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 8 | |
| Amount: | $45,315,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Alan D. Hicks, Richard W. Hunnicutt, III of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Hennes v. JC Fodale Energy Services L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 9 | |
| Amount: | $45,005,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Stuart N. Ratzan, Stuart J. Weissman, Evan B. Gilead, Ryan C. Tyler of Ratzan Law Group; Lincoln J. Connolly of Lincoln J. Connolly Trials and Appeals, P.A. |
| Case: | Astaphan v. Ranger Construction Industries, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| State: | Florida |
| 10 | |
| Amount: | $43,600,403.00 |
| Attorneys: | David Bright, Craig M. Sico of Sico Hoelscher Harris & Braugh LLP; John C. Ramsey of Ramsey Law Group |
| Case: | Price v. Wal-Mart Stores of Texas LLC, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| State: | Texas |
| 11 | |
| Amount: | $42,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrew G. Counts, E. Todd Tracy of The Tracy Law Firm |
| Case: | Seebachan v. John Eagle Collision Center |
| Type: | Business Liability, Car Accident, Failure to Warn, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Burn Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 12 | |
| Amount: | $37,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Tim E. Dollar, Tim J. Becker of Dollar, Burns & Becker |
| Case: | Holdeman et al. v. Brown, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident |
| State: | Missouri |
| 13 | |
| Amount: | $36,960,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Justin B. Shapiro, Adam T. Rose of Leesfield Scolaro, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Pereira v. Fleuricourt |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Wrongful Death |
| State: | Florida |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Garo Mardirossian, Lawrence Marks of Mardirossian & Associates Inc. |
| Case: | Ekbatani v. United Independent Taxi Drivers Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| State: | California |
| 14 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $35,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael E. Simmons of Hume, Smith, Geddes, Green & Simmons, LLP; Robert P Thomas of Thomas & Nugent; Ann M. Waldron of Waldron Law |
| Case: | Smith v. Clayton |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Indiana |
| 15 | |
| Amount: | $34,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | H. Sean Banafsheh, Kevin Danesh, Raphael D. Javid of Banafsheh, Danesh & Javid, PC |
| Case: | Casillas v. Landstar Ranger Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | California |
| 16 | |
| Amount: | $34,317,636.00 |
| Attorneys: | Brian G. Miller of Brian G. Miller Co., L.P.A. |
| Case: | Jones v. Firstenergy Service Corp., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Utility Negligence |
| State: | Ohio |
| 17 | |
| Amount: | $32,150,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Nicholas Elefterakis, Raymond E. Panek of Elefterakis, Elefterakis & Panek |
| Case: | Ramirez v. AllCounty Plumbing & Heating, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 18 | |
| Amount: | $31,158,836.00 |
| Attorneys: | Gary A. Dordick, Christopher V. Bulone of Dordick Law Corporation; Marc J. Katzman of Marc Katzman Law |
| Case: | Sosa v. Shabun, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | California |
| 19 | |
| Amount: | $30,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Sparks, Christopher D. Codling of Givens Givens Sparks, PLLC |
| Case: | Ming v. Gerelco Traffic Controls, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 20 | |
| Amount: | $28,727,627.17 |
| Attorneys: | Stephanie A. Ball of Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A. |
| Case: | Anderson v. Ely Public School District |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, School Bus Accident |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 21 | |
| Amount: | $24,931,059.00 |
| Attorneys: | F. Jerome Tapley, Hirlye R. Lutz, D. Brett Turnbull, Adam W. Pittman of Cory Watson, PC; Vicki I. Sarmiento of Law Offices of Vicki I. Sarmiento; Kirk J. Wolden of Carter Wolden Curtis, LLP; Paul R. Kiesel, D. Bryan Garcia, Steven D. Archer of Kiesel Law LLP |
| Case: | Cruz v. Nissan North America Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Product Liability, Wrongful Death |
| State: | California |
| 22 | |
| Amount: | $21,568,850.90 |
| Attorneys: | Gregory L. Gowan of Gowan Elizondo LLP |
| Case: | Balsaldua, et al. v. Stockade Companies, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Brain Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 23 | |
| Amount: | $19,850,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrea M. Arrigo, William R. Hamel of Dinkes & Schwitzer |
| Case: | McMillan v. City of New York, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Negligent Hiring , Negligent Training |
| State: | New York |
| 24 | |
| Amount: | $18,702,609.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven T. Wittmer, Gregory Linehan of Wittmer & Linehan PLLC |
| Case: | Martin v. Consul |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 25 | |
| Amount: | $18,572,942.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael J. Piuze of Law Office of Michael J. Piuze |
| Case: | Haynes v. Pak, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | California |
| 26 | |
| Amount: | $17,810,734.00 |
| Attorneys: | David E. Christensen, Sarah S. Stempky Kime of Christensen Law |
| Case: | Dorado v. Brownstone Prime Concrete, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| State: | Michigan |
| 27 | |
| Amount: | $17,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | E. Blake Paul, Matthew J. Vaughn of Peterson & Myers, P.A. |
| Case: | Estate of Mallia v. Palace Italian Restaurant, Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Wrongful Death |
| State: | Florida |
| 28 | |
| Amount: | $15,030,719.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Taylor Rayfield, Alan L. VanGelder of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP; Alex Sarajian, Paula E. Salcedo of Sarajian Law Group |
| Case: | Leyva v. Sandman |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Personal Injury |
| State: | California |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Robert D. Cheeley, Keith A. Pittman, Patrick A. Dawson of Cheeley Law Group, LLC; Billy N. Jones, Carl R. Varnedoe of Jones Osteen Jones |
| Case: | Richards v. Total Transportation of Mississippi L.L.C., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury, Emotional Distress |
| State: | Georgia |
| 29 (tie) | |
| Amount: | $15,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce A. Broillet, Taylor Rayfield of Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP |
| Case: | George v. First Service Residential California LLC |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | California |
| 30 | |
| Amount: | $13,820,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher E. Angelo, Joseph DiMonda of Angelo & Di Monda, LLP |
| Case: | Deleon v. Fregoso, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | California |
| 31 | |
| Amount: | $12,656,074.00 |
| Attorneys: | Cortney S. LeNeave, Richard L. Carlson of Hunegs, LeNeave & Kvas |
| Case: | Lien v. Veit & Co. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Falling Object, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Brain Injury |
| State: | Minnesota |
| 32 | |
| Amount: | $12,240,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Sagi Shaked, Joel L. Roth of Shaked Law Firm P.A. |
| Case: | Tyler v. Gibbs & Register Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Wrongful Death |
| State: | Florida |
| 33 | |
| Amount: | $11,275,666.00 |
| Attorneys: | Thomas J. Henry, Richard W. Hunnicutt, III of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Puga v. RCX Solutions |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Truck Accident, Burn Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 34 | |
| Amount: | $11,250,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Patrick A. Salvi, Patrick Salvi, II , Eirene N. Salvi of Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard PC |
| Case: | Black v. Anderson Automotive Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death |
| State: | Illinois |
| 35 | |
| Amount: | $10,897,637.00 |
| Attorneys: | Steven R. Vartazarian of The Vartazarian Law Firm, APC; William A. Daniels of Daniel's Law; James A. Morris, Jr., of Morris Law Firm |
| Case: | Cobb v. County of Los Angeles |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | California |
| 36 | |
| Amount: | $10,778,626.00 |
| Attorneys: | Christopher Montes de Oca of Law Offices of Christopher Montes de Oca; Artin Yadegarian of Law Offices of Artin Yadegarian; Stewart H. Lim of Stewart Lim & Associates |
| Case: | M.C., Pro Ami v. Mathews |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | California |
| 37 | |
| Amount: | $10,500,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Richard M. Levy of Law Offices of Richard M. Levy P.C. |
| Case: | Munize v. Espinal, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Pedestrian Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 38 | |
| Amount: | $9,367,742.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Cecere of Cecere Santana P.A.; Henry A. Seiden of Seiden Law |
| Case: | Machado v. Rodriguez |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 39 | |
| Amount: | $9,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Herbert S. Subin, Eric D. Subin, Marc S. Subin of Subin Associates, LLP |
| Case: | Bajaj v. Rufle, et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 40 | |
| Amount: | $8,715,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Erin J. Oglesby, J. Thomas Rhodes, III, Robert E. Brzezinski of Tom Rhodes Law Firm, P.C.; Thomas J. Henry, Robert P. Wilson of Thomas J. Henry Injury Attorneys |
| Case: | Kent v. EOG Resources Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Bus Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | Texas |
| 41 | |
| Amount: | $8,442,773.00 |
| Attorneys: | Roger A. Dreyer, Noemi Esparza of Dreyer Babich Buccola Wood Campora, LLP |
| Case: | Alvarez v. Syar Industries, Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | California |
| 42 | |
| Amount: | $8,018,536.00 |
| Attorneys: | Keith R. Mitnik, Matt T. Morgan of Morgan & Morgan, PA |
| Case: | Roundtree v. Schultz |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | Florida |
| 43 | |
| Amount: | $8,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Andrey Tikhomirov of Tikhomirov & Associates PLLC |
| Case: | Malone v. Royal Waste Svcs. Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | New York |
| 44 | |
| Amount: | $7,903,495.00 |
| Attorneys: | Craig A. Knapp, Michael C. Sheedy of Knapp & Roberts, PC |
| Case: | Dupray v. Jai Dining Services Inc., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dram Shop Liability, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury, Scooter Accident |
| State: | Arizona |
| 45 | |
| Amount: | $7,837,053.38 |
| Attorneys: | Justin K. Strassburg, William R. Gilmore, Adam R. Lugo of Strassburg, Gilmore & Wei, LLP |
| Case: | Takemura v. Pacific Tank Lines, Inc, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury |
| State: | California |
| 46 | |
| Amount: | $7,000,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Michael Neff, D. Dwayne Adams, Susan M. Cremer, T. Shane Peagler of The Law Offices of Michael Neff, P.C. |
| Case: | Johnson v. Avis Rent A Car Sys., et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Negligent Supervision, Pedestrian Accident, Premises Liability, Inadequate Security, Negligent Hiring , Negligent Training |
| State: | Georgia |
| 47 | |
| Amount: | $6,860,831.00 |
| Attorneys: | Bruce H. Nagel, Andrew L. O’Connor of Nagel Rice, LLP |
| Case: | Agiz v. Heller Industrial Parks Inc. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Motorcycle Accident, Personal Injury, Brain Injury |
| State: | New Jersey |
| 48 | |
| Amount: | $6,789,130.37 |
| Attorneys: | Eva D. Silva, Daniel C. Schaar of Schaar & Silva LLP; Paul D. Van Der Walde of Caputo & Van Der Walde, LLP |
| Case: | Wessling v. Pacific Bell Telephone Co., et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability |
| State: | California |
| 49 | |
| Amount: | $6,615,000.00 |
| Attorneys: | Howard G. Frederick of Silbowitz, Garafola, Silbowitz, Schatz, & Frederick LLP |
| Case: | Favors v. Port Authority, et al. |
| Type: | Car Accident, Dangerous Condition, Motor Vehicle Accident, Personal Injury, Premises Liability, Negligent Maintenance |
| State: | New York |
| 50 | |
| Amount: | $6,413,140.00 |
| Attorneys: | Timothy P. Pothin of Faxon Law Group, LLC |
| Case: | Estate of Harrison v. Tyson, et al. |
| Type: | Bicycle Accident, Car Accident, Motor Vehicle Accident, Wrongful Death |
| State: | Connecticut |